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A film student pleaded guilty to attempted murder as a hate crime yesterday for
stabbing a New York City taxi driver in what prosecutors said was an anti-Muslim attack.

Michael Enright, 24, faces 91/2 years in prison when he is sentenced later this
month.

After hailing a taxi in Manhattan in August 2010, Enright asked
the driver, Ahmed Sharif, whether he was a Muslim, according to prosecutors.

When Sharif replied that he was, Enright slashed Sharif’s
throat with a knife, stabbed at his face, arms and hands and yelled anti-Muslim comments,
prosecutors said. Sharif survived the attack but was left with permanent scars.